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Sun, 7/29/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 209
SPEED: Statistics and Econometrics — Contributed Speed
Business and Economic Statistics Section, Quality and Productivity Section, Section on Statistical Graphics, Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Section on Statistics in Marketing, Business Analytics/Statistics Education Interest Group
Chair(s): Denis Talbot, Universite Laval
Poster Presentations for this session.
2:05 PM Advantageous Statistical Tools for Stock Market Investing
Kenneth Davis
2:20 PM Benchmarking Monthly Seasonally Adjusted Series to Quarterly Adjustments
Brian Monsell, U.S. Census Bureau; Tucker S McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
2:25 PM Sample Size Requirements for Estimating L-Moments
Timothy Anderson, Air Force Institute of Technology; Christine M Schubert, Air Force Institute of Technology; Fairul Mohd-Zaid, Air Force Research Lab
2:30 PM THE INEQUALITY PROCESS' (IP's) FOOTPRINT in STOCK MARKET
Presentation
John Angle, The Inequality Process Institute LLC
2:35 PM Repeated-Measures ANCOVA for an Antibiotic-Free Experiment in Swine
Presentation
Danielle Wilson-Wells, DNA Genetics; Tom A. Rathje, DNA Genetics; Caitlyn E Bruns, DNA Genetics
2:45 PM Factor GARCH-Ito Models for High-Frequency Data with Application to Large Volatility Matrix Prediction
Presentation
Donggyu Kim, KAIST; Jianqing Fan, Princeton University
2:50 PM Is Faster Always Better? Results from Joint Time-Use-Expenditure and Mode Choice Model
Presentation
Simona Jokubauskaite, Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, BOKU Vienna; Reinhard Hoessinger, Institute for Transport Studies, BOKU Vienna; Florian Aschauer, Institute for Transport Studies, BOKU Vienna; Regine Gerike, Institute of Transport Planning and Road Traffic, TU Dresden; Sergio Jara-Diaz, University of Chile; Stefanie Peer, Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development, WU Vienna; Basil Schmid, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich; Kay W. Axhausen, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich; Friedrich Leisch, Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, BOKU Vienna
3:00 PM Monte Carlo Tree Search and AlphaZero: Past, Present, and Future
Presentation
Michael Fu, Smith School of Business
3:05 PM Bootstrap and Asymptotic Inference with Multiway Clustering
Matthew Webb, Carleton University; James Gordon MacKinnon, Queen's University; Morten Ø Nielsen, Queen's University and CREATES
3:10 PM Cash Versus Card: Payment Discontinuities and the Burden of Holding Coins
Presentation
Huynh Kim, Bank of Canada; Heng Chen, Bank of Canada; Oz Shy, Unaffiliated
3:15 PM Enhancing Communication in Data Visualization
Presentation
Mojca Bavdaz, University of Ljubljana; Irena Bolko, University of Ljubljana, Social Science Data Archives
3:20 PM The Analysis of Means in the Presence of Covariate (ANOMC)
Tahir Mahmood, City University of Hong Kong; Min Xie, City University of Hong Kong; Muhammad Riaz, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
3:25 PM Model Averaging in a Multiplicative Heteroscedastic Model
Presentation
Alan Wan, City Univ of Hong Kong; Xinyu Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yanyuan Ma, Penn State University
3:30 PM The Art of Ensemble Modeling with SPSS Modeler
Zhen Zhang, C Spire; Lei Zhang, Mississippi State Dept. of Health; James Veillette, C Spire; Timothy Tate, C Spire
3:35 PM Two-Sample Test for Covariance Operators with Incompletely Observed Functional Data
Presentation
Lihan Yan, FDA; Tao Zhang, Guangxi University of Science and Technology; Zhaohai Li, George Washington University
3:40 PM Perspectives, Performance Measurement, and Multivariate Analysis of Grades in Teaching Statistics
William Seaver, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville; Missy Morris, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville; Thomas Edmiston, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville
3:45 PM Applications of Non-Standard Disclosure-Avoidance Methods in Clinical Trials Data
Barbara Do, RTI International; Pooja Iyer, RTI International
 
 

49 * !
Sun, 7/29/2018, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM CC-West 213
Skills to Leverage and Gaps to Fill to Thrive in Data Science — Invited Papers
Section on Statistical Consulting, Committee on Applied Statisticians, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, SSC, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Eric Vance, LISA-University of Colorado Boulder
Chair(s): James L Rosenberger, NISS (National Institute of Statistical Sciences) and Penn State
4:05 PM Communication and Collaboration Skills for the Era of Data Science
Presentation
Eric Vance, LISA-University of Colorado Boulder
4:30 PM From Academia to Industry: Statistical Skills That Translate
Olivia Lau, Google
4:55 PM What Statisticians Need to Know to Work in Tech
Michael Brundage, Google, Inc.
5:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

65 *
Sun, 7/29/2018, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM CC-West 210
New-Generation Experimental Design and Causal Inference in High-Tech Companies — Topic Contributed Papers
Quality and Productivity Section, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Organizer(s): Tirthankar Dasgupta, Rutgers University
Chair(s): Vijay Nair, University of Michigan
4:05 PM Two Tales from A/B Testing: The M Error and Partial Identification in Factorial Designs
Presentation
Jiannan Lu, Microsoft; Yixuan Qiu, Purdue University; Alex Deng, Microsoft Corporation
4:25 PM Causal Inference Applications in Google Search Ads
Jeffrey Moulton, Google; Valeria Espinosa, Google
4:45 PM Randomized Experiments on Amazon's Supply Chain
Presentation
David Afshartous, Amazon; Luke Smith, Amazon
5:05 PM LinkedIn Feed Optimization
Presentation 1 Presentation 2
Souvik Ghosh, LinkedIn
5:25 PM Discussant: Tirthankar Dasgupta, Rutgers University
5:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

82
Sun, 7/29/2018, 4:00 PM - 5:50 PM CC-West 209
Computer Experiments, Statistical Engineering, and Applications in Physical Sciences — Contributed Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Quality and Productivity Section
Chair(s): Ming Li, Amazon
4:05 PM Within Laboratory Variance Outlier Detection: An Alternative to Cochran's Test
Presentation 1 Presentation 2
Michael Morton, Altria Client Services
4:20 PM Modeling of Sediment Mixing Using Dirichlet Process Mixtures
John Tipton, University Of Arkansas; Glenn Sharman, University Of Arkansas; Sam Johnstone, United States Geological Survey
4:35 PM Variance Components Estimators OPE, NOPE and AOPE in Linear Mixed Effects Models
Presentation
Subir Ghosh, Univ. of California, Riverside
4:50 PM Statistical Applications of CLT for Dependent Data
Martial Longla; Isidore Seraphin Ngongo, Université de Paris 1 Panthéon Sorbonne
5:05 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

216621
Sun, 7/29/2018, 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CC-West 113
QandP Section Executive and Strategic Planning Meeting — Other Cmte/Business
Quality and Productivity Section
Chair(s): Erin Tanenbaum, NORC at the University of Chicago
 
 

86
Sun, 7/29/2018, 5:05 PM - 5:50 PM CC-West Hall B
SPEED: Statistics and Econometrics — Contributed Poster Presentations
Business and Economic Statistics Section, Quality and Productivity Section, Section on Statistical Graphics, Transportation Statistics Interest Group, Section on Statistics in Marketing, Business Analytics/Statistics Education Interest Group
Chair(s): Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
Oral Presentations for this session.
21: Advantageous Statistical Tools for Stock Market Investing
Kenneth Davis
24: Benchmarking Monthly Seasonally Adjusted Series to Quarterly Adjustments
Brian Monsell, U.S. Census Bureau; Tucker S McElroy, U.S. Census Bureau
25: Sample Size Requirements for Estimating L-Moments
Timothy Anderson, Air Force Institute of Technology; Christine M Schubert, Air Force Institute of Technology; Fairul Mohd-Zaid, Air Force Research Lab
26: THE INEQUALITY PROCESS' (IP's) FOOTPRINT in STOCK MARKET
John Angle, The Inequality Process Institute LLC
27: Repeated-Measures ANCOVA for an Antibiotic-Free Experiment in Swine
Danielle Wilson-Wells, DNA Genetics; Tom A. Rathje, DNA Genetics; Caitlyn E Bruns, DNA Genetics
29: Factor GARCH-Ito Models for High-Frequency Data with Application to Large Volatility Matrix Prediction
Donggyu Kim, KAIST; Jianqing Fan, Princeton University
30: Is Faster Always Better? Results from Joint Time-Use-Expenditure and Mode Choice Model
Simona Jokubauskaite, Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, BOKU Vienna; Reinhard Hoessinger, Institute for Transport Studies, BOKU Vienna; Florian Aschauer, Institute for Transport Studies, BOKU Vienna; Regine Gerike, Institute of Transport Planning and Road Traffic, TU Dresden; Sergio Jara-Diaz, University of Chile; Stefanie Peer, Institute for Multi-Level Governance and Development, WU Vienna; Basil Schmid, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich; Kay W. Axhausen, Institute for Transport Planning and Systems, ETH Zurich; Friedrich Leisch, Institute of Applied Statistics and Computing, BOKU Vienna
31: Monte Carlo Tree Search and AlphaZero: Past, Present, and Future
Michael Fu, Smith School of Business
32: Bootstrap and Asymptotic Inference with Multiway Clustering
Matthew Webb, Carleton University; James Gordon MacKinnon, Queen's University; Morten Ø Nielsen, Queen's University and CREATES
33: Cash Versus Card: Payment Discontinuities and the Burden of Holding Coins
Huynh Kim, Bank of Canada; Heng Chen, Bank of Canada; Oz Shy, Unaffiliated
34: Enhancing Communication in Data Visualization
Mojca Bavdaz, University of Ljubljana; Irena Bolko, University of Ljubljana, Social Science Data Archives
35: The Analysis of Means in the Presence of Covariate (ANOMC)
Tahir Mahmood, City University of Hong Kong; Min Xie, City University of Hong Kong; Muhammad Riaz, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
36: Model Averaging in a Multiplicative Heteroscedastic Model
Alan Wan, City Univ of Hong Kong; Xinyu Zhang, Chinese Academy of Sciences; Yanyuan Ma, Penn State University
37: The Art of Ensemble Modeling with SPSS Modeler
Zhen Zhang, C Spire; Lei Zhang, Mississippi State Dept. of Health; James Veillette, C Spire; Timothy Tate, C Spire
38: Two-Sample Test for Covariance Operators with Incompletely Observed Functional Data
Lihan Yan, FDA; Tao Zhang, Guangxi University of Science and Technology; Zhaohai Li, George Washington University
39: Perspectives, Performance Measurement, and Multivariate Analysis of Grades in Teaching Statistics
William Seaver, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville; Missy Morris, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville; Thomas Edmiston, Univ. of Tennessee at Knoxville
40: Applications of Non-Standard Disclosure-Avoidance Methods in Clinical Trials Data
Barbara Do, RTI International; Pooja Iyer, RTI International
Oral Presentations for this session.
 
 

Register 89
Mon, 7/30/2018, 7:00 AM - 8:15 AM CC-West Ballroom D
Quality and Productivity Section A.M. Roundtable Discussion (Added Fee) — Roundtables AM Roundtable Discussion
Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Shan Ba, The Procter & Gamble Company
ML03: Dynamic Data Visualization
Blanton Godfrey, North Carolina State University; Lori Rothenberg, NC State University
 
 

126
Mon, 7/30/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-East 14
New Development in Reliability Models and Innovative Applications — Contributed Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Quality and Productivity Section
Chair(s): Zhongnan Jin, Virginia Tech
8:35 AM Statistical Inference on Remaining Useful Life in a Two-Phase Degradation Model Under Gamma Process
Hon Keung Tony Ng, Southern Methodist University; Man Ho Ling, The Education University of Hong Kong; Kwok Leung Tsui, City University of Hong Kong
8:50 AM Bayesian Estimation of Analyte Concentrations using Sensor Responses and Design Optimization of a Sensor System
David Han, University of Texas At San Antonio
9:05 AM Power Outage Prediction for Adverse Weather Events
Seth Guikema, University of Michigan; Steven Quiring, Ohio State University; Ken Buckstaff, First Quartile Consulting; Mike Beck, Beck Consulting; Alan Bowman, Clarkson University; Brent McRoberts, Texas A&M University; Roshanak Nateghi, Purdue University
9:20 AM Network Structural Equation Modeling for Photovoltaic Modules Lifetime Performance in Real-World and Accelerated Exposures
Presentation
Wei-Heng Huang, Case Western Reserve University; JiQi Liu, Case Western Reserve University; Alan J. Curran, Case Western Reserve University; Justin S. Fada, Case Western Reserve University; Jennifer L. Braid, Case Western Reserve University; Roger H. French, Case Western Reserve University
9:35 AM Exponentiated Weibull-Geometric Regression Model
Presentation
Felix Famoye, Central Michigan University
9:50 AM Parameter Estimation using EM algorithm for Constant-stress and Step-stress Accelerated Life Tests under Interval Monitoring
Presentation
Tianyu Bai; David Han, University of Texas At San Antonio
10:05 AM Correlation Analysis of Interval Data
Muzi Zhang; Dennis Lin, Pennsylvania State University
 
 

139 * !
Mon, 7/30/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-West 109
Competing Effectively: Hosting, Designing, and Participating in Kaggle-Style Competitions — Invited Papers
Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Kary Myers, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Chair(s): Mike Grosskopf, Simon Fraser University
10:35 AM Effective Data Competition Hosting: Strategic Design and Analysis to Maximize Learning
Presentation
Christine M Anderson-Cook, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Kary Myers, Los Alamos National Laboratory
11:05 AM Bayesian Design of Experiments with Multiple Priors for Kaggle Competition Design
Presentation
Kevin Randal Quinlan, The Pennsylvania State University; Christine M Anderson-Cook, Los Alamos National Laboratory
11:35 AM General Techniques for Successful Data Science Competitions
Presentation
Ian Michael Mouzon, Iowa State University
12:05 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

229 * !
Mon, 7/30/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-East 9
Statistical Process Monitoring of High-Volume Data Streams — Topic Contributed Papers
Quality and Productivity Section, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Organizer(s): Emmanuel Yashchin, IBM Research
Chair(s): Ron S Kenett, KPA Group
2:05 PM Adaptive Tests for Object Detection
Presentation
Grigory Sokolov; Alexander G. Tartakovsky, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology
2:25 PM Model-Free Classification of Multi-Channel EEG via the Epsilon-Complexity Theory
Presentation
Alexandra Piryatinska, San Francisco State University; Boris Darkhovsky, Institute for Systems Analysis FRC CRC RAS,
2:45 PM Multi-Stage Processes Monitoring and Diagnostics Using Timeslides
Emmanuel Yashchin, IBM Research
3:05 PM Controlled Automatic Detection of Detects in Dependent Image Data
Presentation
Ansgar Steland, Institut Fuer Statistik Und Wirtschaftsmathematik RWTH Aachen
3:25 PM Some Sampling and Aggregation Strategies for Statistical Process Monitoring
Presentation
William H Woodall, Virginia Tech; Inez Zwetsloot, City University of Hong Kong
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

289
Tue, 7/31/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-East 10
Advancement in Statistical Methods for Reliability Data — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Lu Lu, University of South Florida
Chair(s): Lu Lu, University of South Florida
8:35 AM Applications of the Fractionally-Random-Weight Bootstrap
Presentation
William Meeker, Iowa State University; Chris Gotwalt, JMP; Yili Hong, Virginia Tech
8:55 AM Comparing the Reliability of Related Populations with the Probability of Agreement
Nathaniel Stevens, University of San Francisco
9:15 AM A Bayesian Nonparametic Approach to Multistate Models
Presentation
Richard Warr, Brigham Young University
9:35 AM Planning of Accelerated Degradation Tests
Presentation
I-Chen Lee, National Cheng Kung University
9:55 AM Discussant: Yili Hong, Virginia Tech
10:15 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

324 * !
Tue, 7/31/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-East 17
Leading with Statistics: Process Monitoring and Improvement — Invited Papers
Quality and Productivity Section, SSC
Organizer(s): Subhabrata Chakraborti, University of Alabama
Chair(s): Subhabrata Chakraborti, University of Alabama
10:35 AM Using Baseline Data in Process Improvement
Presentation
Stefan Steiner, University of Waterloo; Jock MacKay, University of Waterloo
10:55 AM To Shrink or Not to Shrink: Hotelling's T2 Control Charts Based on Shrunken Covariance Estimates
Presentation
Allison Jones-Farmer, Miami University; Steve Rigdon, St. Louis University; Debbie Shepherd, Louisiana State-Shreveport
11:15 AM Guaranteed In-Control Performance for Shewhart Control Charts
Rob Goedhart, University of Amsterdam; Marit Schoonhoven, University of Amsterdam; Ronald J.M.M. Does, University of Amsterdam
11:35 AM Why Is Monitoring Time Between Events Better Than Monitoring Event Counts for Outbreak Detection?
Ross Stewart Sparks, Data61, CSIRO
11:55 AM Weighted EWMA Charts for Monitoring Type I Censored Weibull Lifetimes
Presentation
Daniel R Jeske, University of California - Riverside; Shangjie Xu, University of California
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

396 * !
Tue, 7/31/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 117
Field to Fork: Leading with Statistics in the Food Industry — Topic Contributed Papers
Quality and Productivity Section, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science
Organizer(s): Shankang Qu, PepsiCo
Chair(s): Richard De Veaux, Williams College
2:05 PM Multivariate Analysis of Sensory and Consumer Data
Presentation
Jianfeng Ding, SAS Institute
2:25 PM Accelerating Product Development with Virtual Experimentation
Fred Hulting, General Mills, Inc.
2:45 PM Development of a Processed Cheese Food Safety Model Using a Response Surface Design and Parametric Survival Modeling
Presentation
Francis Rossi, PepsiCo
3:05 PM A Bayesian Hierarchical Model for Integrated Analysis of Consumer Appeal in Affective Testing
Presentation
Jing Cao; Janette Pool, PepsiCo
3:25 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

429
Tue, 7/31/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West Hall B
Contributed Poster Presentations: Quality and Productivity Section — Contributed Poster Presentations
Quality and Productivity Section
Chair(s): Paul McNicholas, McMaster University
62: Warranty/Performance Text Exploration for Modern Reliability
Scott Wise, JMP (A Division of SAS, Inc)
63: A Bayesian Quality Control Technique for the Joint Monitoring of the Parameters of the Shifted Exponential Distribution
Austin Brown, University of Northern Colorado; Bryce Whitehead, University of Northern Colorado; Hend Aljobaily, University of Northern Colorado
64: Analysis of a Process Control Model Subject to Errors in Classification
William Griffith, University of Kentucky; Michelle L. Smith, Eastern Kentucky University
67: Statisticians' Leading Role in Data Quality
Anne-Sophie Julien, Research Centre of the CHU de Québec - Université Laval; Laëtitia Michou, CHU de Québec - Université Laval; Louis Bessette, CHU de Québec - Université Laval,; Paul R Fortin, CHU de Québec - Université Laval
68: Rational Statistical Analysis Practice in Dissolution Profile Comparison for Product Quality Assessment of Similarity Through Real Case Studies
Mark Johnson, AbbVie Inc.; Yanbing Zheng, AbbVie; Jian-Hwa Han, AbbVie Inc.; James Reynolds, AbbVie Inc.; Karin Rosenblatt, AbbVie Inc.; Tzuchi Ju, AbbVie Inc.; Yi Gao, AbbVie Inc.; Bei Chen, AbbVie Inc.; Ying Zhu, AbbVie Inc.
 
 

216572
Tue, 7/31/2018, 6:30 PM - 8:30 PM F-Waterfront Ballroom A
Joint SPES, Q&P, Risk, and SDNS Business Meetings and Mixer — Other Cmte/Business
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Quality and Productivity Section, Section on Risk Analysis, Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security
Chair(s): Peter Hovey, University of Dayton
 
 

457 *
Wed, 8/1/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-West 224
Statistical Methods for Remote Sensing Data — Invited Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section on Statistics and the Environment, ENAR, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Jonathan Hobbs, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Chair(s): Maggie Johnson, SAMSI
8:35 AM Simulation-Based Uncertainty Quantification for Optimal Estimation Remote Sensing Retrievals
Presentation
Amy Braverman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory; Jonathan Hobbs, Jet Propulsion Laboratory
9:05 AM A General Framework for Vecchia Approximations of Gaussian Processes
Matthias Katzfuss, Texas A&M University; Joseph Guinness, North Carolina State University
9:35 AM Joint Hierarchical Models for Sparsely Sampled High-Dimensional LiDAR and Forest Variables
Presentation
Andrew Oliver Finley, Michigan State University; Hans-Erik Andersen, USDA Forest Service; Sudipto Banerjee, UCLA School of Public Health; Bruce Douglas Cook, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Abhi Datta, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Douglas C Morton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
10:05 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

481 * !
Wed, 8/1/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-West 223
Modeling, Analysis, and Assessment — Contributed Papers
Quality and Productivity Section, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Chair(s): Xiaoxia Han, Henry Ford Health System
8:35 AM Prediction of Warranty Returns Based on Modeling Seasonal Recurrent Event Data
Presentation
Qianqian Shan; William Meeker, Iowa State University
8:50 AM A Simulation Study of Process Capability Analysis on Processes with Multiple Normal Distributions
Presentation
Laura Lancaster, SAS Institute Inc.
9:05 AM Factor Selection and Level Grouping with Applications to Golden Path Determination
Presentation
Nan-Jung Hsu, National Tsing Hua University
9:20 AM Looking Inward: Quality Audits for Demographic Programs at the U.S. Census Bureau
Cynthia A Rothhaas, U.S. Census Bureau; Richard Levy, U.S. Census Bureau
9:35 AM A Reflection of the Statistical Assessment for Analytical Similarity and Beyond ----Are We Addressing the Right Question?
Presentation
Aili Cheng, Pfizer
9:50 AM Bayesian Framework for Tier 1 Analytical Biosimilarity Assessment
Presentation
Yanbing Zheng, AbbVie; Hesham Fahmy, AbbVie
10:05 AM Statistical Analysis of the Sliding Window Fourier Transform
Presentation
Lee Richardson, Carnegie Mellon University
 
 

509 * !
Wed, 8/1/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-West 203
New Approaches to Modeling and Inference for Complex Space-Time Data — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Statistics and the Environment, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Ta-Hsin Li, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center
Chair(s): Hakmook Kang, Vanderbilt
10:35 AM Testing One Hypothesis Multiple Times: The Multidimensional Case
Sara Algeri, Imperial College London; David A van Dyk, Imperial College London
10:55 AM A Scalable Multi-Resolution Spatio-Temporal Model for Brain Activation and Connectivity in fMRI Data
Presentation
Stefano Castruccio, University of Notre Dame; Hernando Ombao, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology; Marc G Genton, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology
11:15 AM Flexible Dynamic Modeling of Correlation and Covariance Matrices for Spatio-Temporal Data Analysis
Presentation
Babak Shahbaba, UCI; Andrew James Holbrook, UC Irvine; Gabriel Elias, UC Irvine; Norbert J. Fortin, UC Irvine; Hernando Ombao, UC Irvine; Shiweil Lan, CalTech
11:35 AM Automatic Anomaly Detection in Modeling Real-Time Sensor Data
Bei Chen, IBM Research; Beat Buesser, IBM Research
11:55 AM Identification of Management Zone Using a Spatial Clustering Time-Varying Lattice Models
Presentation
Youngdeok Hwang, Sungkyunkwan University; Huijing Jiang, IBM Research; Rodrigue Ngueyep, IBM Research
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

Register 546
Wed, 8/1/2018, 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM CC-West Ballroom D
Quality and Productivity Section P.M. Roundtable Discussion (Added Fee) — Roundtables PM Roundtable Discussion
Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Shan Ba, The Procter & Gamble Company
WL17: Preparing Statistician to Successfully Data Scientist in Big Data Era
Ming Li, Amazon
 
 

571 !
Wed, 8/1/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 115
Statistical Signal Processing Applied to Physical Activity Research — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Computing, Section on Statistical Learning and Data Science, Section on Nonparametric Statistics, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Marcin Straczkiewicz, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University
Chair(s): Vadim Zipunnikov, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
2:05 PM A Functional Data Analysis Framework for Objectively Measured Physical Activity by Accelerometers
Presentation
Chongzhi Di, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
2:25 PM Unsupervised Clustering of Physical Activities and Its Application in Health Studies
Presentation 1 Presentation 2
Jiawei Bai, Johns Hopkins University; Ciprian Crainiceanu, Johns Hopkins University
2:45 PM Classification of Walking and Stair Climbing Based on Raw Accelerometry Data
Presentation
William Fadel, Indiana University; Jacek K Urbanek, Johns Hopkins University; Steven R Albertson, Indiana University ; Xiaochun Li, Indiana University; Andrea K Chomistek, Indiana University; Jaroslaw Harezlak, Indiana University Bloomington
3:05 PM Continuous Movelet Transformation in Application to Individual Walking Strides Segmentation in Accelerometry Data
Marta Karas, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg SPH; Jaroslaw Harezlak, Indiana University Bloomington; Marcin Straczkiewicz, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University; William Fadel, Indiana University; Ciprian Crainiceanu, Johns Hopkins University; Jacek K Urbanek, Johns Hopkins University
3:25 PM Advanced Signal Processing Methods in Walking and Body-Posture Detection in Observational Studies
Presentation
Marcin Straczkiewicz, School of Public Health-Bloomington, Indiana University; Jacek K Urbanek, Johns Hopkins University; Vadim Zipunnikov, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health; Nancy Glynn, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health; Tamara Harris, National Institute on Aging; Ciprian Crainiceanu, Johns Hopkins University; Jaroslaw Harezlak, Indiana University Bloomington
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

573 * !
Wed, 8/1/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-West 120
Design of Experiments for Stochastic Process Models — Topic Contributed Papers
Royal Statistical Society, Section on Bayesian Statistical Science, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): James McGree
Chair(s): David Woods, University of Southampton
2:05 PM Efficient Construction of Bayes Optimal Designs for Stochastic Process Models
Presentation
Richard Boys, Newcastle University
2:25 PM Bayesian Design for Intractable Models
Presentation
Antony Overstall, University of Southampton
2:45 PM Developments of the Synthetic Likelihood Approach for Bayesian Design for Models with Intractable Likelihoods
James McGree
3:05 PM Optimal Bayesian Design for Models with Intractable Likelihoods via Machine Learning Methods
Presentation
Christopher C Drovandi, Queensland University of Technology; Markus Hainy, QUT
3:25 PM Optimal Design for Queueing Systems: Maximal Information by Appropriate Measurement on Queues
Ben Parker, University of Southampton
3:45 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

586
Wed, 8/1/2018, 2:00 PM - 3:50 PM CC-East 14
Recent Developments in Designs of Experiments and Responses Surface Models — Contributed Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Quality and Productivity Section
Chair(s): Christopher Gotwalt
2:05 PM Utilizing the Block Diagonal Covariance Structure of Nonregular Two-Level Designs
Robert Mee, University of Tennessee; David J Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth University
2:20 PM Individual Clear Effects for Fractional Factorial Designs
Presentation
William Li, Shanghai Advanced Institute of Finance
2:35 PM Predictive Response Surface Models: To Reduce or Not to Reduce?
Presentation
Byran Smucker, Miami University; Maria Weese, Miami University; David J Edwards, Virginia Commonwealth University
2:50 PM Dimensional Analysis for Response Surface Methodology
Ching-Chi Yang, Penn State; Dennis Lin, Pennsylvania State University
3:05 PM Augmenting Definitive Screening Designs for Estimating Second-Order Models
Abigael Nachtsheim, Arizona State Univ
3:20 PM Optimal Designs for Gamut Models
William Heavlin, Google, Inc.
3:35 PM Hydraulic Fluids: a Case Study of a Split-Plot Experiment
Presentation
Jennifer Kensler, Shell
 
 

614 * !
Thu, 8/2/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-West 110
Reasonable Possibility - Statistical Science of Safety Monitoring — Topic Contributed Papers
Biopharmaceutical Section, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): Hal Li, Merck Research Laboratories
Chair(s): Judy Li, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc.
8:35 AM Beware On-Treatment Safety Analysis
Presentation
Janet Wittes, Statistics Collaborative; Fred Yang, Innomed Consulting
8:55 AM The Likelihood Principle and Its Application to Aggregate Safety Monitoring
LiAn Lin; Bill Wang, Merck
9:15 AM Visual Analytics to Assess Reasonable Possibility: Using DILI as an Example
Presentation
Kefei Zhou, Theravance Biopharma; Melvin Munsaka, AbbVie, Inc.; Krishan P. Singh, GlaxoSmithKline
9:35 AM Practical Considerations in Planning and Implementing Aggregate Safety Monitoring
Presentation
Bill Wang, Merck
9:55 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

630 *
Thu, 8/2/2018, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-East 9
Uncertainty Quantification, Reliability and Robust Inference — Contributed Papers
Section on Statistics in Defense and National Security, Quality and Productivity Section, Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences
Chair(s): Brian Groves, Raytheon
8:35 AM Measure Specific Mixture Model (MSM2) for Change Detection
Presentation
Fairul Mohd-Zaid, Air Force Research Lab; Christine Schubert Kabban, Air Force Institute of Technology
8:50 AM Multivariate Methods and Data Integration in Social Media for Anomaly Detection
Presentation
Karl Pazdernik, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Kellie MacPhee, University of Washington; Bryan Stanfill, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory; Lisa Bramer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
9:05 AM Emulating Satellite Drag from Large Simulation Experiments
Furong Sun, Virginia Tech; Robert Gramacy, Virginia Tech; Benjamin Haaland, Population Health Sciences, University of Utah; Earl Christopher Lawrence, Los Alamos National Laboratory; Andrew Walker, Space Science and Applications, Los Alamos National Laboratory
9:20 AM A Mathematical Framework for Uncertainty Quantification in Multimodal Image Analysis via Probabilistic Clustering Models
Presentation
Maximillian Chen, Sandia National Laboratories; David John Stracuzzi, Sandia National Laboratories; Michael Christopher Darling, Sandia National Laboratories
9:35 AM Visualizing Clustering and Uncertainty Analysis of Multivariate Time-Series Data
Presentation
Kristin Divis, Sandia National Laboratories; Maximillian Chen, Sandia National Laboratories; Laura A McNamara, Sandia National Laboratories; Dan Morrow, Sandia National Laboratories
9:50 AM Signal Aliasing in Gaussian Random Fields for Experiments with Qualitative Factors
Ming-Chung Chang; Shao-Wei Cheng, National Tsing Hua University; Ching-Shui Cheng, Academia Sinica
10:05 AM Floor Discussion
 
 

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Thu, 8/2/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-East 10
Experimental Design Thinking for Big Data — Invited Papers
Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences, Quality and Productivity Section, International Chinese Statistical Association, SSC
Organizer(s): Xinwei Deng, Virginia Tech; C. Devon Lin, Queen's University
Chair(s): C. Devon Lin, Queen's University
10:35 AM Information-Based Subdata Selection for LASSO Regression
Presentation
Min Yang, University of Illinois at Chicago; Xin Wang, University of Illinois at Chicago
11:00 AM Information-Based Subdata Selection
John Stufken, Arizona State University
11:25 AM Embracing Experimental Design Thinking for Large-Scale Statistical Analysis
Presentation
Peter Chien, University of Wisconsin-Madison
11:50 AM Discussant: Tirthankar Dasgupta, Rutgers University
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

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Thu, 8/2/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-East 19
Topics in Large-Scale Online Experimentation — Topic Contributed Papers
Section on Statistical Consulting, Business and Economic Statistics Section, Quality and Productivity Section
Organizer(s): W. Duncan Wadsworth, Microsoft
Chair(s): W. Duncan Wadsworth, Microsoft
10:35 AM Novelty/Primacy Effect Detection in Randomized Online Controlled Experiments
Presentation
Somit Gupta, Microsoft; Jiannan Lu, Microsoft; Alex Deng, Microsoft Corporation
10:55 AM Large-Scale Online Experimentation with Quantile Metrics
Presentation
Min Liu, LinkedIn Corp.; Xiaohui Sun, LinkedIn; Maneesh Varshney, LinkedIn Corp.; Ya Xu, LinkedIn
11:15 AM Advances in Measuring User Learning
Niall Cardin, Google Inc.; Henning Hohnhold, Waymo
11:35 AM A Decision-Theoretic Approach to A/B Testing
David Goldberg, eBay; James Johndrow, Stanford University
11:55 AM Mitigating Test-Control Interference in Marketplace Experimentation
Presentation
Duncan Gilchrist, Uber Technologies
12:15 PM Floor Discussion
 
 

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Thu, 8/2/2018, 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM CC-East 14
Advances in Statistical Process Control — Contributed Papers
Quality and Productivity Section
Chair(s): Ronald Fricker, Virginia Tech
10:35 AM SOME EWMA SCHEMES for SIMULTANEOUS MONITORING of UNKNOWN MEAN and VARIANCE of a NORMALLY DISTRIBUTED PROCESS
Presentation 1 Presentation 2
Ridwan Sanusi, City Univ of Hong Kong; AMITAVA MUKHERJEE, INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ; Min Xie, City University of Hong Kong
10:50 AM Xbar Chart with Estimated Parameters: New Formulas to Guarantee a Conditional In-Control Performance
Presentation
Felipe Jardim, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio De Janeiro; Subhabrata Chakraborti, University of Alabama; Eugenio Kahn Epprecht, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
11:05 AM Shewhart-Type Charts in Some Nonstandard Situations: Phase I and Phase II
Presentation
Yuhui Yao, University of Alabama; Subhabrata Chakraborti, University of Alabama
11:20 AM Adjustment for Phase II S^2 Chart Control Limits Based on Tolerance Intervals
Martin Guillermo Cornejo Sarmiento, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro; Subhabrata Chakraborti, University of Alabama; Eugenio Kahn Epprecht, Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro
11:35 AM Floor Discussion